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Authorities have arrested a third person in the June 4 armed robbery at the Stop-N-Shop convenience store on McIlwain Road. Keon Jamal Howze, 19, of 106 Caskey Lane, was arrested today. Two others, Dequavion Joel Grier, 19, Tryvarius Lamar Grier, 17, both of 3344 Oakridge Road, were arrested Wednesday.
All three have been charged with attempted armed robbery and attempted murder, according to the Lancaster County Sheriff's Office.
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Jesef Williamsjwilliams@thelancasternews.com
Authorities have arrested two men they say are responsible for the armed robbery last month at the Stop-N-Shop convenience store on McIlwain Road. Meanwhile, a third suspect is still being sought.
Dequavion Joel Grier, 19, and Tryvarius Lamar Grier, 17, both of 3344 Oakridge Road, have each been charged with attempted armed robbery and attempted murder, according to a press release issued Thursday by the Lancaster County Sheriff's Office.

Christopher Sardellicsardelli@thelancasternews.com
A Lancaster man was arrested Monday after propositioning and assaulting a teenager as she walked home last weekend, according to a Lancaster Police Department report.
Tavaris Bernard Brown, 20, 708 Sowell St., was arrested June 27 and charged with assault and battery, third degree. Lancaster Police Capt. Paul Smith said Brown was arrested at his home after a teenage girl reported Brown confronted and grabbed her late Sunday night.

They include earning an education degree from the University of Memphis and becoming a teacher and high school softball coach and possibly, one day, a principal.

But should that plan go awry, the Cordova, Tenn., native does have a back-up.

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Christopher Sardellicsardelli@thelancasternews.com
Faced with a tide of angry residents, and with a significant chunk of revenue on the line, Lancaster County Council echoed the infamous words of President George H.W. Bush by saying “no new taxes.”
That is, until council meets again July 11.
Even after months of discussion, public input and a series of budget workshops, County Council spent hours Monday night debating what to do with the county’s 2011-12 budget.

Jesef Williamsjwilliams@thelancasternews.com
Rachel Bruce hasn’t been the same since last week’s four-wheeler accident that took the life of a Lancaster County man.
Bruce was playing a video game about 11:30 p.m. June 22 inside her Taxahaw Road home when she heard a loud noise.
Her first thought was that somebody was trying to break in. But that proved to be far from the truth.
Bruce heard frantic screaming outside and later saw three people laying on the ground – a man and two children.

Jesef Williamsjwilliams@thelancasternews.com
The technology inside the courtroom is still so fresh that Clerk of Court Jeff Hammond referred to a user’s guide to explain some of the functions.
A few locals asked him about the headsets that allow people in the back of the courtroom to clearly hear the proceedings taking place.
Hammond then spoke of a brand new document reader that projects papers and other evidence on large flat screens for the jury to see.

Jesef Williamsjwilliams@thelancasternews.com
The Lancaster Police Department is investigating four burglaries at vacant apartments on Calhoun, Rock and Hudson streets earlier this month.
The report said the burglaries were discovered when an employee of Collins Realty, the company that owns the properties, checked a vacant apartment at 808 Calhoun St. where neighbors had reported seeing people “going in and out.”